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Internet Turns on George Takei for Telling Americans to Shut Up and Pay 'Patriotic Donation' to Cover Biden's Spiking Inflation
The Western Journal ^ | March 13, 2022 | The Western Journal Comentary

Posted on 03/13/2022 12:19:53 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin

Although George Takei is best known for his role as Hikaru Sulu on the popular 1960s television series “Star Trek,” he’s also a political activist and author who has remained highly engaged with the Democratic Party.

In a recent Twitter post, Takei told Americans: “We can endure higher prices for food and gas if it means putting the screws to Putin. Consider it a patriotic donation in the fight for freedom over tyranny.”

There were two serious issues with Takei’s comment, and the well-deserved backlash came quickly and severely.

The first is obvious: Takei has earned millions over the course of his decades-long acting career. For those of us mere mortals, the higher prices of food and gas are problematic.

The second problem with Takei’s remark is that he has bought into the Democrats’ latest spin that Putin is solely to blame for higher U.S. food and gas prices. Party leaders have begun to call it the “Putin Price Hike.” This canard is simply a last-ditch effort from a party that knows they’re going to be shellacked in the November midterms.

On Thursday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the February Consumer Price Index which showed a year-over-year gain of 7.9 percent. The December CPI was 7.5 percent and that belongs entirely to Biden. The remaining 0.4 percent and anything beyond can be attributed to Russia’s invasion, but Biden owns the first 7.5 percent.

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TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Music/Entertainment; Society
KEYWORDS: bidenflation; bidenvoters; georgetakei; illegals; inflation; keystonexl; opec; putinpricehike; stephencolbert; twitter
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The New York Post reported last week that inflation is costing the average U.S. household $296 per month. That’s $3,600 per year, an amount that many families will find hard to look at as a “patriotic donation in the fight for freedom over tyranny.”
1 posted on 03/13/2022 12:19:53 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Donations are voluntary, George.

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2 posted on 03/13/2022 12:21:08 PM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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Shadow Stats shows consumer inflation around 16% as of end of February, 2022:


3 posted on 03/13/2022 12:24:04 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Why should I suffer for Biden’s approval ratings?


4 posted on 03/13/2022 12:25:04 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Liberals never realize they are just one tone-deaf comment from cancellation themselves.


5 posted on 03/13/2022 12:25:16 PM PDT by A_perfect_lady (The greatest wealth is to live content with little. -Plato)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
“Consider it a patriotic donation in the fight for freedom over tyranny.”

A “donation” is usually voluntary, George, you worthless leftist pickle-smuggler.

6 posted on 03/13/2022 12:25:31 PM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

My sister gets a little over $11,000 a year in ss. She lives in NJ so also has property taxes to pay besides all other bills. Not much left after that George.


7 posted on 03/13/2022 12:25:41 PM PDT by mware (RETIRED)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Every single time one of these elitists tell us to shut up and pay Biden’s price for gas I want that elite to document what is gross income is for the previous year and to document what their entire net worth is.

Once they start telling us these stats, then - and only then - will they have the right to tell everyone else to “do the right thing” and pay $5 per gallon per gallon of Brandon’s gas.


8 posted on 03/13/2022 12:27:16 PM PDT by Obadiah ("America is facing a winter of illness and death." The summary of America under Biden.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

George, just because you enjoy getting reamed doesn’t mean the rest of us do.


9 posted on 03/13/2022 12:27:23 PM PDT by kosciusko51
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Another rich dude telling homeless families to pay up more.

The mainstream media is a machine solely out there protecting the Antoinettes the way cops only protect government as a nation within a nation..


10 posted on 03/13/2022 12:28:14 PM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security in hates:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

This little pinko fag should be ready to die.


11 posted on 03/13/2022 12:28:23 PM PDT by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.p)
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To: Lurker

When he dismisses his fleet of tax accountants and pays his fair share, we’ll know he’s more than just a font of brain droppings.


12 posted on 03/13/2022 12:29:10 PM PDT by DPMD ( )
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

How about the fight against medical, social, and educational tyranny George?


13 posted on 03/13/2022 12:29:11 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

He’s a great Sulu, but a typical dumbass actor.

Stick to the script, Sulu. Off script, best STFU, lest thee revealest your idiocy.

Heard he went to what used to be a real school (USAF Academy) where the present corrupt and inept weak dick administration required the cadets to listen to him lecture them on some illogical POS script on LGBT whatever). Thankfully, I know what the cadets really think (and cannot put on Facebook lest they be chastised).


14 posted on 03/13/2022 12:30:11 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

What is “patriotic” about supporting the Ukraine against Russia?


15 posted on 03/13/2022 12:30:32 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: Diana in Wisconsin


16 posted on 03/13/2022 12:30:42 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong [FJB])
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Even before I knew that Sulu was a flaming fag my opinion on the main characters of TOS was:

Spock==> The best,by far
Bones==> Great
Uhura==> Great
Scotty==> Great
Checkov=> Good
Kirk===> OK
Sulu==> Terrible

Hey,Sulu...you were nothing then,you’re less than nothing today!


17 posted on 03/13/2022 12:31:34 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Covid Is All About Mail In Balloting)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Oh, my!


18 posted on 03/13/2022 12:32:09 PM PDT by abb
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Homosexual AND stupid.


19 posted on 03/13/2022 12:33:46 PM PDT by Delta 21 (It started as a virus, and mutated into an IQ test.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Takei should stick with things he knows: pretending and buggery.


20 posted on 03/13/2022 12:34:49 PM PDT by Spok (Winston, how many fingers am I holding up?)
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